{"product_id":"the-many-lives-of-yang-zhu-a-historical-overview-paperback","title":"The Many Lives of Yang Zhu: A Historical Overview - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarine Defoort\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTing-Mien Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents the most important portrayals of the Daoist master Yang Zhu throughout Chinese history, from the Warring States period until today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents the most important portrayals of an ancient Chinese master, Yang Zhu, throughout Chinese history, from the fourth century BCE till today. Due to the striking scarcity of reliable textual testimony regarding his life and thought, all these portrayals are to a large extent inspired by their own historical contexts: Mencius's criticism in the late Warring States, the creation of a Confucian orthodoxy during the imperial era, and the establishment of a Chinese philosophy in the Republic. This volume adopts a historical approach, tracing the most important portrayals of Yang Zhu in their own contexts and mutual connections. It yields new insights not only into the figure of Yang Zhu, but also into the stages of China's intellectual history. Scarcity of reliable textual support is, to varying degrees, a common predicament in the study of ancient Chinese masters, but the case of Yang Zhu is particularly illuminating. The remarkable dearth of textual material represents the almost \"nothing\" out of which early Chinese philosophers such as Yang Zhu have been fruitfully \"created.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarine Defoort \u003c\/b\u003eis Full Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Leuven, KU Leuven. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eHaving a Word with Angus Graham: At Twenty-Five Years into His Immortality\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Roger T. Ames, and \u003ci\u003eThe Pheasant Cap Master (He guan zi): A Rhetorical Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by SUNY Press. \u003cb\u003eTing-mien Lee \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Macau.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 359\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344245121331,"sku":"9781438490403","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/hoaP1zrJBw9781438490403.webp?v=1778719324","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-many-lives-of-yang-zhu-a-historical-overview-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}